Myint Swe

Myint Swe (24 June 1951-) was Vice-President of Burma from 30 March 2016 with Htin Kyaw as president.

Biography
Myint Swe was born on 24 June 1951 to a Buddhist family in Burma, and he graduated from the Defense Services Academy in 1971. In 1997 he became a Brigadier-General in the Tatmadaw and led military security affairs after 2004, succeeding Khin Nyunt. In 2005, he was the first ethnic Mon to be promoted to Lieutenant-General, and in 2010 his suppression of protests was brutal. He resigned from the military that year in order to enter politics, and on 30 March 2016 he was chosen as the Vice-President of Burma under President Htin Kyaw.